I'm lucky. If it weren't for bad luck, though, I'd have no luck at all. HADIS hasn't digitized very much of the data in their archives, have they? Fortunately I've traced a good part of my Hessian family. Sadly, though I'm stuck on a soldier who was stationed not far from Assenheim in Hanau, in 1774, and all I have is his commanding captain's name for his company, I think. Although Genev is a rather rare surname, and I originally thought it was a reference to a Swiss military outfit, but the text just doesn't fit for that. Brian On Thu, February 26, 2009 9:11 am, Thierry Dietrich wrote: > If you confirm (to) me first name, last name, date and location of birth, > date of emigration, etc. then I could have a quick look on HADIS online for > you. May be you're lucky.

HADIS is covering the three state archives from Hessen: * Hessisches Hauptstaatsarchiv Wiesbaden (HHStA Wiesbaden), the main state archive of Hessen in Wiesbaden (among others covering the former duchy of Nassau) * Hessisches Staatsarchiv Darmstadt (HStA Darmstadt), the state archive of Hessen in Darmstadt (mainly covering the former Grand-Duchy of Hessen, Darmstadt) * Hessisches Staatsarchiv Marburg (HStA Marburg), the state archive of Hessen in Marburg (mainly covering the former Electorate-Principality of Hessen, Kassel) The digitalisation project is running and the progress varies across these 3 archives. However, it is always worth a try and if you don't find anything, try again in a year, you will find more stuff by then. Regards, Thierry   Dr. Thierry P. Dietrich D-61250 Usingen ________________________________ Von: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> An: [email protected] Gesendet: Donnerstag, den 26. Februar 2009, 17:49:36 Uhr Betreff: Re: [HESSE] HADIS and luck (was RE: "Loritz" Darmstadt) I'm lucky. If it weren't for bad luck, though, I'd have no luck at all. HADIS hasn't digitized very much of the data in their archives, have they? Fortunately I've traced a good part of my Hessian family. Sadly, though I'm stuck on a soldier who was stationed not far from Assenheim in Hanau, in 1774, and all I have is his commanding captain's name for his company, I think. Although Genev is a rather rare surname, and I originally thought it was a reference to a Swiss military outfit, but the text just doesn't fit for that. Brian On Thu, February 26, 2009 9:11 am, Thierry Dietrich wrote: > If you confirm (to) me first name, last name, date and location of birth, > date of emigration, etc. then I could have a quick look on HADIS online for > you. May be you're lucky. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message